UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
(Mark One)
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number 001-34579
Cobalt International Energy, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
27-0821169
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Cobalt Center
920 Memorial City Way, Suite 100
Houston, Texas 77024
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(713) 579-9100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Act:
Title of Each Class
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value
The New York Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes
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No
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Act. Yes
No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject
to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes
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No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data
File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes
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No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained
herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in
Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of
“
large accelerated filer,
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“
accelerated filer,
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and
“
smaller reporting company
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in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
(Do not check if a
smaller reporting company)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Act). Yes
No
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As of June 30, 2015, the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the
registrant's common stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $3.2 billion.
As of December 31, 2015, the registrant had 414,506,559 shares of common stock outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the registrant’s proxy statement relating to the 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, to be filed within 120 days of the end of the
fiscal year covered by this report, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
